Western Region (Ghana)

regions of Ghana
Country	Ghana
Capital	Sekondi-Takoradi
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Ghana
Located in time zone	Greenwich Mean Time
Coordinate location	5°30′0″N 2°30′0″W
Dey share bother plus	Western North Region, Central Region

De Western Region dey for south Ghana. e san spread from de Ivory Coast (Comoé District) for de west reach de Central region for de east, wey get de capital and large twin city wey be Sekondi-Takoradi for de coast inside, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo. e get Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points, wey dem discover crude oil for commercial quantities for June 2007. De region san cover 13,842 sq. km wey get 2,060,585 inside for de 2021 Census top.

E be dem Akans people nu wey dominate demma culture and e be Akan, French and English wey dem dey barb pass for the region inside.^[1]

Tourism

De largest rivers be de Ankobra River, de Bia River, and de Pra River wey dey de east, with de Tano River wey partly form de western national border. Dem know de area wella sake of UNESCO World Heritage Site and Nzulezo village, wey dem build am on stilts and platforms for water top, and de Ankasa Protected Area. Dem get Portuguese, Dutch, British, and Brandenburgian forts for de coast top wey dem build from 1512 on.

Education

De Western region get chao post-secondary schools plus teachers' and nursing colleges, and two universities. one dey Tarkwa, UMaT and Takoradi Technical University wey dem dey call Takoradi Polythecnic before.

Administrative divisions

Before de regional demarcation in December 2018, de region get 23 MMDA's (wey be 1 Metropolitan, 11 Municipal and 11 Ordinary Assemblies). Therefore, as part of this reorganisation nu, dem remove nine MMDA's (those wey dey bold and asterisks below, san be 3 Municipal and 6 Ordinary Assemblies before) from de Western Region, we dem san form inside de new Western North Region wey get Wiawso as the capital.

De political administration wey dey de region dey follow the local government system. For this administration system inside, the region dey divided into 14 MMDA's (wey be 1 Metropolitan, 8 Municipal and 5 Ordinary Assemblies). For each District nu, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, dey administered by a Chief Executive, wey dey represent the central government but dey derive authority from an Assembly head by a presiding member wey dem elect from among the members inside. The current list is as follows:

Districts of the Western Region^[2]
#	MMDA Name	Capital	MMDA Type	Population Census 2010	Population Projection 2019
1	Ahanta West	Agona Nkwanta	Municipal	106,215	139,188
-	Aowin*	Enchi	Municipal	117,886	154,661
-	Bia East*	Adabokrom	Ordinary	27,393	37,108
-	Bia West*	Essam	Ordinary	88,939	111,355
-	Bodi*	Bodi	Ordinary	53,314	68,055
2	Ellembelle	Nkroful	Ordinary	87,501	114,441
3	Jomoro	Half Assini	Municipal	150,107	194,808
-	Juabeso*	Juaboso	Ordinary	58,435	77,678
4	Mpohor	Mpohor	Ordinary	42,923	55,678
5	Nzema East	Axim	Municipal	60,828	80,480
6	Prestea-Huni Valley	Bogoso	Municipal	159,304	207,237
-	Sefwi-Akontombra*	Sefwi Akontombra	Ordinary	82,467	108,266
-	Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai*	Bibiani	Municipal	123,272	160,844
-	Sefwi-Wiawso*	Wiawso	Municipal	139,200	182,510
7	Sekondi-Takoradi	Sekondi	Metropolitan	559,548	726,905
8	Effia-Kwesimintsim	Kwesimintsim	Ordinary	N/A	N/A
9	Shama	Shama	Ordinary	81,966	105,173
-	Suaman*	Dadieso	Ordinary	20,529	27,832
10	Tarkwa-Nsuaem	Tarkwa	Municipal	90,477	117,550
11	Wassa Amenfi Central	Manso Amenfi	Ordinary	69,014	89,703
12	Wassa Amenfi East	Wassa-Akropong	Municipal	83,478	108,272
13	Wassa Amenfi West	Asankragua	Municipal	92,152	120,643
14	Wassa East	Daboase	Ordinary	81,073	105,163
Total				2,376,021	3,093,201

Famous native citizens

Famous native citizens of Western region
#	Citizen	Settlement
1	Samuel Inkoom	Sekondi-Takoradi
2	Nadia Buari	Sekondi-Takoradi
3	Boris Kodjoe	Sekondi-Takoradi
4	John Atta Mills	Tarkwa
5	Kwame Nkrumah	Nkroful
6	Anton Wilhelm Amo	Axim
7	Joseph Boahen Aidoo	Wassa Afransie
8	Kofi Kinaata	Takoradi
9	Gyedu-Blay Ambolley	Sekondi-Takoradi
10	Godfried Gambrah	Sekondi-Takoradi

References

[1] ttps://citisportsonline.com/2021/05/21/betway-extends-support-to-volleyball-teams-in-the-western-and-western-north-regions/

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130118104048/http://www.ghanadistricts.com/region/?r=5

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